Mexicana Universal Nuevo León

Mexicana Universal Nuevo León (until 2016 called Nuestra Belleza Nuevo León) is a pageant in Nuevo León, Mexico, that selects that state's representative for the national Mexicana Universal pageant (before called Nuestra Belleza México). Nuevo León is considered one of the strongest states in Mexican pageantry, as they are almost always among the finalists. Nuevo León has been classified to the semifinals, with the exception of the edition of 2002, the temple this year where not only classify

Mexicana Universal Nuevo León

Logo of the Nuestra Belleza Nuevo León pageant
Formation	1994 (as Nuestra Belleza Nuevo León) 2017 (as Mexicana Universal Nuevo León)
Type	Beauty Pageant
Headquarters	Monterrey
Location	Mexico
Local Coordinator	Oscar Pérez

Nuevo León is the State that has produced more crowns in the history, with 11 crowns. The State Organization has produced four Nuestra Belleza México in 1997, 1998, 2005 and 2012, three Nuestra Belleza Mundo México in 1995, 2007 and 2010, three designated as Nuestra Belleza Internacional México in 2007, 2009 and 2013 and two of them won the title of Miss International the years (2007 and 2009) and one Mexicana Hispanoamericana in 2020.

In 2010 Cynthia de la Vega won the crown of Nuestra Belleza Mundo México but she was dethroned on July 29, 2011 for disorderly conduct and seemingly overweight causing controversy worldwide.^{[citation needed]}

Titleholders

Below are the names of the annual titleholders of Mexicana Universal Nuevo León, listed in ascending order, and their final placements in the Mexicana Universal after their participation, until 2017 the names was Nuestra Belleza Nuevo León.

Year	Titleholder	Hometown	National Placement	National Award	Other Title	Other Award
2022	Dania Sánchez Niño	Aramberri	TBD		First married woman with children to compete in Mexicana Universal Competed in Miss Earth México 2017 Miss Earth Nuevo León 2017 Competed in Nuestra Belleza Nuevo León 2016
2021	Mayra Carolina Valencia Gamez	Monterrey	Suplente/1st Runner-up
2020	In 2020, due to the contingency of COVID-19 there was a lag in the year of the state contest
2019	Paola Andrea Martínez Bazarte	Monterrey	Mexicana Hispanoamericana		Reina Hispanoamericana 2021 11th Runner-up at Nuestra Belleza Latina 2018	Mejor Sonrisa Orest
2018	Claudia Lozano Domínguez	San Pedro	Suplente/1st Runner-up Mexicana Universal	Steps to Fame	Competed at Nuestra Belleza Nuevo León 2014 Competed at Nuestra Belleza Nuevo León 2013 Elite Model Look México 2009
2017	Andrea Merodio Reyes	Escobedo	Top 16		Top 16 at Miss Earth México 2016 Miss Earth Nuevo León 2016 Miss Earth Escobedo 2016
Until 2016 the Title was Nuestra Belleza Nuevo León
2016	Rebeca Alicia Pérez Amor	Monterrey	Top 10		Competed at Miss Earth México 2014 Miss Earth Tamaulipas 2014 Competed at Nuestra Belleza Tamaulipas 2013 Nuestra Belleza Sur de Tamaulipas 2013
2015	Naomi Berenice Garza Mondragón	San Nicolás	3rd Runner-up		3rd Runner-up at Miss Multiverse 2017 Miss México Multiverse 2017 Miss SuperTalent of the World 2017 Miss México Supetalent 2017 Competed at Most Beautiful Girl in the World 2017 Miss México MBGW 2017
2014	Alejandra Monserrat Medina Casas	Monterrey	Top 10
2013	Vanesa Montemayor Cortéz	Guadalupe	Top 10
2012	Cynthia Lizetthe Duque Garza	Monterrey	Nuestra Belleza México	Miss Congeniality Personality Fraiche	4th Runner-up at Miss Continentes Unidos 2016 Miss Continentes Unidos México 2016 Competed at Miss Universe 2013 Cordinador of Miss Teen Universe Nuevo León	Miss Photogenic Miss Hotel Punta del Mar Best Smile ONDental
	Lucero Miroslava Montemayor Gracia (Succeeded Cynthia Duque after she became Nuestra Belleza México 2012)	Guadalupe	Suplente/1st Runner-up Nuestra Belleza Internacional México (Designated)	Miss Sports	Competed at Miss International 2013 Suplente/1st Runner-up at Nuestra Belleza Nuevo León 2012 Señorita UANL 2011 Señorita Ciencias Químicas 2011
2011	Ivette Alejandra García de Hoyos	Monterrey	Unplaced		1st Runner-up at Elite Model Look Monterrey 2009
2010	Cynthia Alejandra De la Vega Oates	San Pedro	Nuestra Belleza Mundo México (Dethroned)		1st Runner-up at Miss Costa Maya International 2018 Miss México Costa Maya 2018 Top 25 at Miss Supranational 2016 Miss México Supranational 2016 Did not compete at Miss World 2011 Runner-up at Elite Model Look International 2008 Elite Model Look México 2008 Cordinator of Miss Nuevo León	Best National Costume
2009	Adriana Graciela Treviño Peralta	Guadalupe	Top 15	Steps to Fame	3rd Runner-up at Nuestra Belleza Nuevo León 2008
2008	Mariana González Elizondo	Monterrey	Top 10	Miss Talent Steps to Fame
2007	Anagabriela Espinoza Marroquín	San Pedro	Nuestra Belleza Mundo México^1	Academic Award	Miss International 2009 Nuestra Belleza Internacional México 2009 Top 15 at Miss World 2008	Miss Chengdu Glamour Miss World Beach Beauty
2006	Mariana Lombard González	San Pedro	Top 10
2005	Silvia Priscila Perales Elizondo	San Pedro	Nuestra Belleza México^1	Fuller Beauty Queen Miss Photogenic	Miss International 2007 Nuestra Belleza Internacional México 2007 Top 10 at Miss Universe 2006 Suplente/1st Runner-up at Nuestra Belleza Nuevo León 2004
2004	Ana Paola De la Parra Goldbaum	San Pedro	Suplente/1st Runner-up	Academic Award
2003	Alejandra Villanueva Campos	San Nicolás	Suplente/1st Runner-up	Fuller Beauty Queen
2002	Carolina Salinas González	Santiago	Unplaced		Miss Expo World 2002 Señorita Turismo Santiago 2001 Reina de las Fiestas Patrias de Nuevo León 2001
2001	Diana Cristina García Soto	Monterrey	4th Runner-up
2000	Verónica Penelope Gutiérrez De la Fuente	Monterrey	Top 10
1999	Vannessa María Valle Yves	Monterrey	Top 10
1998	Silvia Salgado Cavazos	Monterrey	Nuestra Belleza México	Miss Photogenic Mary Kay Face	Top 10 at Miss Universe 1999 Competed at Reinado Internacional del Café 1999	Queen of the Journalists
1997	Katty Fuentes García	Monterrey	Nuestra Belleza México	Miss Photogenic Skin Hinds	Competed at Miss Universe 1998 3rd Runner-up at Miss Atlántico Internacional 1998	Best Hair/Style Award Miss Elegance
1996	Blanca Elena Martínez De la Fuente	Guadalupe	Top 16		Competed at Nuestra Belleza Internacional 1996
1995	Alejandra Aidee Quintero Velasco	Monterrey	Nuestra Belleza Mundo México		Top 10 at Miss World 1995
1994	Yadira Janneth Elizondo Montemayor	Monterrey	Top 16	Miss Dorian Grey

  Competes in Miss Universe.
  Competes in Miss World.
  Competed in Reina Hispanoamericana.

¹ They were selected by The Nuestra Belleza México Organization to represent Mexico in Miss International beauty pageant, winning the Title in 2007 and 2009.

Designated Contestants

As of 2000, isn't uncommon for some States to have more than one delegate competing simultaneously in the national pageant. The following Nuestra Belleza Nuevo León contestants were invited to compete in Nuestra Belleza México. Some have placed higher than the actual State winners.

Year	Titleholder	Hometown	National Placement	National Award	Other Title
2011	Ángela Anahí Cantú Sánchez	Guadalupe	Top 15		2nd Runner-up at Nuestra Belleza Nuevo León 2011 Señorita UANL 2009 Señorita Odontología 2009
2007	Fabiola Guajardo Martínez	Guadalupe	Top 15		Suplente/1st Runner-up at Nuestra Belleza Nuevo León 2007
2006	Alejandra Ballesteros González	Guadalupe	Top 15		Suplente/1st Runner-up at Nuestra Belleza Nuevo León 2006
2003	Alejandra Arredondo Méndez	Monterrey	Top 10	Lala Ligh Figure	Runner-up at Nuestra Belleza Nuevo León 2003
	Brisseida Myrella Moya Leal	Santiago	Top 20		Top 10 at Reinado Internacional del Café 2004 Runner-up at Nuestra Belleza Nuevo León 2003
2001	Elsa Lucía Burgos Pérez	Monterrey	Top 20		Miss Costa Maya International 2002 Miss Costa Maya México 2002 Suplente/1st Runner-up at Nuestra Belleza Nuevo León 2001
2000	Gisela Patricia Oviedo Garza	Monterrey	Top 20		Suplente/1st Runner-up at Nuestra Belleza Nuevo León 2000 Miss Caribe México 2000

External links

• Official Website

See also

• Miss Nuevo León
• Miss Earth Nuevo León